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Louis Tzamalas is a CFP® and Series 65 credentialed advisor with three years of industry experience. He is the principal of Virtual Tax Planners and also serves as a CFP® instructor and adjunct professor at Boston University, where he develops curriculum and leads lectures. His background includes roles at Mariner, RSM US LLP, The Colony Group, and Mercer Global Advisors. Virtual Tax Planners serves individuals, high-net-worth clients, private foundations, endowments, nonprofits, corporations, and other advisers, managing approximately $407,000 across eight clients. The firm offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and tax preparation through a formal affiliation with an accounting and tax practice owned by the principal. Its investment approach emphasizes asset allocation and passive investing with mutual funds and ETFs, tailored to client goals, risk tolerance, and tax considerations.

George Appel is a CFP® professional operating under the firm George J. Appel, with 33 years of industry experience. He provides fee-only financial planning and investment advice primarily to individuals, families, small businesses, trusts, and estates. George J. Appel serves clients who are mostly non-high-net-worth individuals, offering a range of services from hourly retainers to ongoing planning engagements. The firm emphasizes a non-discretionary investment approach, uses third-party research tools, and employs a fee structure based on flat fees and fixed-dollar billing rather than asset-based percentages.

Clare Kull is a financial advisor at Stone Securities Inc. with 12 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC since 2013. Stone Securities provides discretionary asset management and investment advice to individuals, trusts, estates, and small corporations. The firm employs an active management approach combining fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, incorporating the CAN SLIM methodology for stock selection, with regular account reviews and discretionary authority across growth, balanced, and bond portfolios.

Glenn Ferrell is a financial advisor with Stone Securities Inc. in Clarks Green, PA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Stone Securities since 2014 and previously was employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor for 16 years. Outside of his advisory role, he works part-time as a driver transporting cars between dealerships. Stone Securities, Inc. provides asset management and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small corporations, managing approximately $72.5 million across about 103 household accounts. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients using a blend of fundamental analysis, technical methods, and a CAN SLIM stock-picking approach, with active monitoring and regular account reviews.

Cheryl Chin is a financial advisor at Stone Securities Inc. with 30 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been associated with Leigh Baldwin & Co., L.L.C. since 1999. Stone Securities provides discretionary asset management and investment advice to individuals, trusts, estates, and small corporations. The firm employs an active management approach using fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, incorporating the CAN SLIM methodology for stock selection.

Mary Jule Roginski is a financial advisor with Northeastern Financial Consultants, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 21 years of industry experience. She has been with Northeastern Financial Consultants since 2011. Northeastern Financial Consultants serves individuals, business entities, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations with fee-only investment advisory services and financial planning. The firm primarily provides non-discretionary portfolio management using fundamental analysis across various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs.